GREGORY, TEXAS·
Kiewit Corporation
Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Kiewit Corporation, GCGV-Olifins Recovery Project, GREGORY, TEXAS 78359 on , Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
The injured employee was aligning a crane girder at the gas compressor building using a 10-ton hydraulic ram and three steel wedges. The employee was removing the last wedge using an 8-pound sledgehammer as another employee stood on the concrete off to the left side holding a tool tether attached to the wedge with python tape. As the injured employee was backing out the last wedge from the right side via a sledgehammer, the wedge unexpectedly came out from in between the column and the shim, striking the injured employee on the lower left leg and fracturing it.
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